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H. W. WARNER, OF WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT. Letters Patent No. 66,431, dated July 2, 1867.

IMPROVED HOLDER FOR BROOMS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, H. W. WARNER, of Watertown, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Holder for Brooms, etc.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a new and improved holder, by means of which brooms, brushes, and other similar articles can. be suspended to and upon the walls or sides of a room or other apartment with the utmost ease and readiness, and in such a manner as to ofl'er no obstruction to their being removed when desired for use, even by a child. In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved holder is illustrated Figure 1 being a front view of the same, and

Figure 2 a horizontalsection taken in the plane of the line :0 :v, fig. 1.

Similar letters'of reference indicate like parts.

A, in the drawings, represents my improved holder,wh ich consists. ofa plate, B, with its central portion, C, raised, forming two arms, D, with a slot E, between their inner parallel edges or sides, F. GG, 'two similarshaped curved arms hung. upon a common fulcrum, a, of the arms D and in the slot E of the same, from which they project outward and toward the cut out portion H of the plate, where their inner ends are joined or connected together by and through a spiral or coiled spring, I, hung to the same at each end in any suitable manner, by means of which, when the outer jaw portions J of such arms are opened from each other by placing anything therein, such as the handle of a broom, brush, etc., such jaws J will be made to tightly grasp and hold each handle, etc., securely in position. In using a holder constructed as above described, to beemployed for holding a broom, brush, etc., upon the walls or sides of a room, it is hung thereon by means of a screw or other suitable fastening device as shown in fig. 1, so that it will freely swing, in case the broom, etc., should be struck by any person passing by the same. Although I have particularly described my holder with especial reference to its use for brooms, brushes, and other similar articles, it is-plainly obvious that it may be employed for other and various articles, and therefore I do not intend to limit myself to anyone particular use for the same.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The improved holder herein described, the same consisting of the plate B or its equivalent, and arms-G G hung therein, and arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

H. W. WARNER.

Witnesses:

G. H. Horcmnss, LEMAN W. CUTLER. 

